#31 Mike Piazza, Catcher, 37 yrs, Chicago (NL) Cubs

#31 Mike Piazza, Catcher, 37 yrs, Chicago (NL) Cubs
Thursday, 10/9/2005

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Mike Piazza

9/4/1968
37
Pennslyvania
6"3
215

Catcher
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R

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5.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 11,340,000
2009
13 Year(s), 121 Days (2357 total Days)
172 Day(s)
14 Year(s), 102 Days (2510 total Days)
16 Year(s)
Not eligible

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	93	31	97	54	65
Versus LHP	100	32	100	58	68
Versus RHP	90	30	95	52	63
Talent	8	4	8	6	6

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2
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Fielding Ratings
C : 4 (Range), .984 (Fielding Pct.)
1B : 4 (Range), .953 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 2
Infield Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/19	SF	L 4-6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#4
9/22	MIL	L 5-8	4	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	#4
9/23	MIL	W 7-5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	#4
9/24	@ATL	W 11-7	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	#4
9/25	@ATL	L 4-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#4
9/27	SD	L 3-4	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	#4
9/28	@COL	L 1-7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#4
9/29	LA	W 11-6	3	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	#4
10/1	@COL	W 6-5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	#4
10/3	SD	W 6-5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	#4

Batting Stats 2005

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	151	548	179	22	1	51	129	116	72	70	.327	.405	.650	1.055	1.133	.323
Projected	151	548	179	22	1	51	129	116	72	70	.327	.405	.650	1.055	1.133	.323

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	135	627	3	8	0	15	0	4	356	74	4	0	100.0	143.9	10.0

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	133	47	5	0	12	27	32	21	11	0	0	0	.353	.442	.662	1.103
vs. RHP	415	132	17	1	39	102	84	51	59	4	0	3	.318	.393	.646	1.039
Close/Late	64	18	2	0	7	13	12	7	9	1	0	1	.281	.356	.641	.997
Scoring Position	130	45	6	1	14	74	0	27	18	4	0	1	.346	.451	.731	1.181
Pinch Hitting	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	69	255	80	7	0	23	58	48	27	33	.314	.384	.612	.996
Road	82	293	99	15	1	28	71	68	45	37	.338	.423	.683	1.105
Last Week	3	12	6	0	0	1	4	2	1	1	.500	.571	.750	1.321
March/April	25	95	31	4	0	8	22	20	11	14	.326	.389	.621	1.010
May	24	92	32	6	0	10	26	19	11	13	.348	.417	.739	1.157
June	24	83	28	3	0	4	14	19	16	8	.337	.450	.518	.968
July	25	87	35	5	1	14	28	23	8	8	.402	.453	.966	1.418
August	26	95	23	2	0	7	16	17	13	15	.242	.336	.484	.821
Sept/Oct	27	96	30	2	0	8	23	18	13	12	.313	.396	.583	.980

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1992	21	69	16	3	0	1	7	5	4	0	0	12	0	0	.232	.274	.319	.593	SEA
1993	149	547	174	24	2	35	112	81	46	0	0	86	3	4	.318	.371	.561	.932	MIN
1994	107	405	129	18	0	24	92	64	33	0	0	65	1	3	.319	.370	.541	.911	NYA
1995	112	434	150	17	0	32	93	82	39	0	0	80	1	0	.346	.400	.606	1.006	TEX
1996	148	547	184	16	0	36	105	87	81	0	0	93	0	3	.336	.422	.563	.985	CIN
1997	152	556	201	32	1	40	124	104	69	0	0	77	5	1	.362	.432	.638	1.070	DET
1998	151	561	184	38	1	32	111	88	58	0	0	80	1	0	.328	.391	.570	.961	BAL
1999	141	534	162	25	0	40	124	100	51	0	0	70	2	2	.303	.364	.575	.939	HOU
2000	136	482	156	26	0	38	113	90	58	0	0	69	4	2	.324	.396	.614	1.010	PIT
2001	149	546	132	22	0	30	87	76	73	0	0	78	0	2	.242	.331	.447	.778	ARI
2002	153	553	185	31	0	32	101	82	70	0	0	70	2	3	.335	.409	.564	.974	NYA
2003	156	580	186	23	0	38	122	104	79	0	0	66	5	2	.321	.402	.557	.959	PHI
2004	157	565	163	21	0	34	114	88	89	0	0	91	1	2	.288	.385	.506	.892	BAL
2005	151	548	179	22	1	51	129	116	72	3	4	70	4	0	.327	.405	.650	1.055	CLE,AL CHC
Total	1883	6927	2201	318	5	463	1434	1167	822	3	4	1007	29	24	.318	.390	.566	.956

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2005

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	136	135	878	51	4	932	3	.997	1209.1	6.94	10	135	29	21.5
First Base	6	0	10	1	0	13	2	.846	10.0	11.70

Player History

Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Kansas City on 4/6/2005...
Hit 3 homeruns against Kansas City, driving in 6 runs on 4/6/2005...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/12/2005, hitting .500 with 6 HR, 12 RBI...
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 7/6/2005...
Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 32 on 7/18/2005...
Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 33 on 7/19/2005...
Traded from Cleveland to Chicago (NL) on 7/27/2005 (Going to CLE: P Rick Helling, SS Alex Cintron, P Bronson Arroyo, P Cory Bailey, RF Austin Kearns. Going to CHC: C Mike Piazza, CF George Lombar
d, 1B Randall Simon)...
Sets a new season NL-Record for HR with 34 on 7/27/2005...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2005, hitting .402 with 14 HR, 28 RBI...
Sets a new season NL-Record for HR with 47 on 9/22/2005...

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